Two Weeks to Lync

Microsoft's Lync has been released to manufacturing, which suggests that the official launch date of Nov. 17 will be met. The ecosystem surrounding the new platform is growing as well, with announcements from Accordent, IntelePeer and F5 Networks within the last week.

Softpedia and other sites are reporting that Lync, Microsoft's successor to Office Communications Server and Communicator, has been released to manufacturing. That is a sign that it is on track to a November 17 launch date. The release will be marked by an event in New York City on that day.

The story reviews the highlights of Lync, which include an integrated UC platform, voice capabilities, extensibility and a large ecosystem. Indeed, the ecosystem is growing in anticipation of the launch. At least three announcements were made during the past few days:

IntelePeer, a cloud-based company, has been selected by BriComp Computers to provide hosted Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking connections for UC services offered through Lync, the company said.